Can anything stop the rhino poaching crisis?Yet as much as US$200mil (RM723mil) worth of rhino horns may have been removed from the park ... waiting for the day when the last rhino is killed and the horn price soars. “Even if poaching becomes harder as the number of rhinos decreases, that will ...02/1/2015 - 11:53 am | View Link

Rhino poaching peaks across Africa as demand for horns soarsMichael McCarthy, formerly the Independent’s longstanding Environment Editor ... The world is facing a new wildlife crisis with rhino and elephant poaching in Africa now running out of control, as the illicit wildlife trade booms across the globe ...12/30/2012 - 11:00 am | View Link

Record haul of rhino horns in Hong KongOfficers found the horns along with 758 ivory chopsticks and 127 ivory bracelets in a haul worth a total of about HK$ ... this year as black-market demand for their horns soars. Officials blame the poaching surge on organised crime syndicates selling ...11/15/2011 - 3:35 am | View Link

Hong Kong seizes record haul of rhino hornsHong Kong Customs officers have seized a record haul of 33 rhino ... month that rhino poaching in South Africa had hit a record high, with 341 of the animals lost to poachers so far this year as black-market demand for their horns soars.11/15/2011 - 2:09 am | View Link

Hong Kong seizes record haul of rhino hornsOfficers found the horns along with 758 ivory chopsticks and 127 ivory bracelets in a haul worth ... poaching in South Africa had hit a record high, with 341 of the animals lost to poachers so far this year as black-market demand for their horns soars.11/15/2011 - 1:47 am | View Link

Rhino || Poaching | Protection Services and Training ...THE RHINO WAR . South Africa is facing a war against Rhino. Currently we are losing an average of one Rhino every 21 hours! This species can not survive such a kill rate.02/27/2015 - 8:40 am | View Website

PoachingPoaching has traditionally been defined as the illegal hunting, killing, or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. Until the 20th century ...02/26/2015 - 6:29 pm | View Website

Threats to RhinoPoaching has escalated in recent years and is being driven by the demand for rhino horn in Asian countries.02/25/2015 - 5:40 pm | View Website

The Rhino Horn Crisis and the Darknet | MotherboardConservationists and activists have a straightforward counter: Poaching an animal is a hell of a lot cheaper and easier than farming them. And because horn has been ...02/24/2015 - 10:41 pm | View Website

Can anything stop the rhino poaching crisis? | Environment ...A giant poster encourages people to stop using rhino horn, in Hanoi. Photograph: Kham/Reuters. O’Regan says this shows the scope for public education in the East ...01/23/2015 - 9:08 am | View Website

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